My noob friend thinks he won: tell him why he didn't

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my stubborn noob friend and I have a problem that hopefully you guys can settle.
the community card were as follows:
Jack of spades - 4 of hearts - 4 of diamonds - king of hearts - king of diamonds

I had: 10 and queen suited
he had : pair of threes

he thinks he won because he had a pair xD
so who wins guys?
 
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my stubborn noob friend and I have a problem that hopefully you guys can settle.
the community card were as follows:
Jack of spades - 4 of hearts - 4 of diamonds - king of hearts - king of diamonds

I had: 10 and queen suited
he had : pair of threes

he thinks he won because he had a pair xD
so who wins guys?

You won because of kicker. Explain to your friend that three pairs isn't possible with five cards.
 
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Your hand KK44Q
Your friend KK443
 
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I think i should stop playing poker cant analayze without visuals.
No, don't quit poker use your brain to its advantage. I have a very 'sound oriented' brain which is even harder than your visual kind to cope with.

I need to actually talk to myself in a real conversation in my head to come up with hand odds. I also can do visual though:

picture four rows (suits) and 13 columns (since there is no '1' it is 13 even though A = 14)

Then picture the cards lighting up that will help you vs the ones that will help him (including ones that help neither of you which will mean the current hand wins, include this in the set that helps the current winner) this is the best way to visualize hand odds.

As for this situation, chunk together:

pair 4, pair K and a J on the side, suites are 2-2-1 so flush is impossible, etc etc
 
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my stubborn noob friend and I have a problem that hopefully you guys can settle.
the community card were as follows:
Jack of spades - 4 of hearts - 4 of diamonds - king of hearts - king of diamonds

I had: 10 and queen suited
he had : pair of threes

he thinks he won because he had a pair xD
so who wins guys?
Poker is best of 5, so you can't have 3 pairs
 
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Your friend lost because his kick was low.
 
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The thread is about nothing.
There are established rules of poker. If you don't know them, then it's very stupid to play poker.

Your problem can be solved by reading the rules of the poker...
 
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The thread is about nothing.
There are established rules of poker. If you don't know them, then it's very stupid to play poker.

Your problem can be solved by reading the rules of the poker...
Because I'm sure you knew everything before you even started playing.
 
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I think i should stop playing poker cant analayze without visuals.

I actually got the same conclusion you arrived at. My excuse atleast is that I'm so used to reading in general hand history format it's difficult to immediately process "Jack of spades".

To OP - Welcome to CC! :D

Can you post it like this next time?

Community - Js 4h 4d Kh Kd or
Community - :js4::4h4::4d4::kh4::kd4:
 
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Find a similar situation on YouTube and tell a friend that he is wrong.
 
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you won) I understand the author, because I also have friends who can not prove anything) even though you are 100% rights:)
 
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You win with a stronger kicker
 
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Don't tell you're friend a thing and just keep playing poker with him. :D


The 3's lost.

:top:
 
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Have him show you his 5 top cards.
Then you show him your top 5 cards.

Two cards of the seven get thrown away, which is the rules of poker..
 
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